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This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken December 29, 2011 from 20:55:05 to 21:14:09 GMT, on a pass from over central Africa, near southeast Niger, to the South Indian Ocean, southeast of Madagascar. The complete pass is over southern Africa to the ocean, focusing on the lightning flashes from local storms and the Milky Way rising over the horizon. The Milky Way can be spotted as a hazy band of white light at the beginning of the video. The pass continues southeast toward the Mozambique Channel and Madagascar. The Lovejoy Comet can be seen very faintly near the Milky Way. The pass ends as the sun is rising over the dark ocean.

interesting post about how anthropomorphism might not be useful in describing biological behavior of animals, especially re: ants & slavery. 

cool article on scaling in animals in biology

Monet had his lenses removed due to cataracts late in life, and therefore could see in UV

The Next Generation Science Standards are being developed in collaboration with NSTA. These standards will form the backbone of the Common Core Standards in Science within the next year of so. Interesting. They are worth digesting.

The diary of a globetrotting gnome investigating the variances in gravity around the world. Find out about my experiment and see my results at The Gnome Experiment Follow me or talk to me on Twitter @kerngnome

 6 essays on why eating meat is ethical in NYT

A movie from the time series stack described below (CIL:812) shows an amoeba (Dictyostelium discoideum) trying very hard to ingest a yeast cell (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that is slightly too large.

Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

interesting idea for lab write ups-have students add cover letters. 

simple electrolysis lab with 9v battery. 

In Sponge Lab Biology's Build a Body students construct a human body system-by-system. To build a body students drag and drop into place the organs and bones of a human body. Each organ and bone is accompanied by a description of the purpose of that bone or organ. The systems that students can build in the Build a Body activity are the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, nervous, excretory, and circulatory systems.

nice infographic about lytro light field camera. 

cool video on the secret life of plankton

How to see around corners Ultra-fast camera can create images of hidden objects using scattered laser light.

Adam Savage of Mythbusters gives a short talk on simple ideas leading to complex findings. Good. "Just thought a little bit harder" and "were a bit more curious."

Carolyn Durley is a fast talking, multi-tasking, teacher of students first and biology second, who has fallen hard for technology. She attended McGill University and after receiving a Bachelor of Science she ventured West and made BC home for the last 20 years. She is currently in her 18th year of teaching; Biology 12 and AP Biology at OKM in Kelowna, B.C.

Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanford's School of Medicine, and presented by the Stanford Continuing Studies program. Featuring … more

very cool PBL to teach photosynthesis

funny video for introducing macromolecules